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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 12, 2016Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT for Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1537 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 10:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 10:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:01 PM CDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
301 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-122015-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-
LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
301 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS,
SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN, BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS,
LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST,
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AS A CANADIAN COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT, BUT MAY BE
NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH, HAIL OR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

LMZ521-522-541>543-122015-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
301 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALSO SUPPORT AN
INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON
LAKE MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO
HIGH WAVES.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS,
HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WISCONSIN LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AS A
CANADIAN COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

ECKBERG/KIECKBUSCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1159 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

WIZ005-010-120600-
ONEIDA WI-VILAS WI-
1159 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN VILAS AND NORTHWESTERN
ONEIDA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 1158 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BESSEMER TO NEAR WINCHESTER
TO 13 MILES EAST OF WINTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU...BOULDER JUNCTION...WINCHESTER...SQUIRREL LAKE...PRESQUE
ISLE...MANITOWISH WATERS...TROUT LAKE...STAR LAKE AND SAYNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4618 8929 4611 8929 4573 9004 4598 9005
      4598 8993 4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 283DEG 25KT 4670 9000 4624 8999 4585 9073

MPC
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
100 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

WIZ005-010-120700-
ONEIDA WI-VILAS WI-
100 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VILAS AND NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 1259 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINCHESTER TO NEAR FIFIELD.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU...BOULDER JUNCTION...SQUIRREL LAKE...MINOCQUA...ARBOR
VITAE...WOODRUFF...CONOVER...PRESQUE ISLE...MANITOWISH WATERS AND LAC
VIEUX DESERT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4626 8974 4613 8906 4563 9002 4564 9004
      4598 9005 4598 8993 4617 8993 4626 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 287DEG 17KT 4653 8911 4584 9043

MPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBVilas61 min
Jul 12, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas60 min
Jul 12, 2:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas3 hr
Jul 12, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida56 min
Jul 12, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Forest, Langlade, Marathon44 min
Jul 12, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca53 min
Jul 12, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca53 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.